Zen, Yoga, Gurdjieff: Lee's Gurdjieff Newsletter

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January 21, 2021

Questions about ambition have come up lately. 

People want to be something. They want results. 

"How do I maximize the opportunity to be here?"

I fear these questions come from the world of things. It reminds me of Popeye. The cartoon character says, “I yam what I yam.” 

"I am what I am" makes me a thing. 

But I am not a thing. 

I am a human b…

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